"S!!?!!5S5!5"u?!S &viz i.ncaster intelligencer. THUBSDiLY KVKNINO. JUNE 30, 1MI. Will the Gsllly Safer I The Wew Yerk Journal of Commerce inquires why the secretary of the treas ury does net favor the public with the result of the investigation made at his instance into the dark places of his efT partment under its previous manage ment. The postmaster general nas ais ais clesedthe wrongdoings in-his depart. ment,andit was certainly information te which the people are entitled from him as a public servant. Mr. Windem seems te act upon the idea that it is enough for him te knew hew his de1 partment has been administered, and that is none of the public's business hew, by whom and te what extent the trea sury has been plundered. Evidently this view of his duty will net lie taken by the country. It is net enough te knew that a subordinate treasury official has been dismissed, and that an assistant secreta ry has been sent out of the country prob ably in preparation for his dismissal. It is net just te the implicated officers, or te the people, that the causes of their disgrace are net revealed. Probably the accused men de net complain; if they are guilty, they have no reason te; and when we see an assistant secretary suddenly sail ing for Europe when charges of grievous misconduct are made against him, we are entitled te condemn him. An inno cent man would confront his accusers and demand a trial. Se would, it is true, suclibeld rascals as Brady, though knowing themselves guilty ; but no con sciously innocent person would slink away, unless indeed his silence was pur chased that " ether hearts" might net suffer. The Journal of (jenuncrce, which is net given te light accusations, plainly shows its belief in the dishonesty of Secretary Sherman, and it considers that Secretary Windem's reticence is forced upon him ieurulect liis predecessor. It declares that if it was -'looking for the illegiti mate use of money in any place that place would be the treasury department, and the time the four years of Mr. Shcr man's administration." That is a plain accusation ; but net se plain, nor sis circumstantial, as ether accusations that have been currently made ter some time past against ex Secretary Sherman's administration of his department. The New Yerk Shu some time age brought certain very dis tinctly libelleus charges against him, which he did net notice ; arid many people and many papers have repeatedly de clared their belief in his dishonesty. It has never lieen denied that he has' achieved great wealth in public office without having any visible means of support but his salary ; and the New Yerk bank of the favored t syndicate in placing the government leans is signifi cantly known as Fert Sherman. Secretary Window protects Secretary Sherman's reputation, and Postmaster General James ami the attorney general seem te be preparing te expose ether men whom Mr. Garfield has as much reason tobe tender of, as of Sherman; whom he does net love. These different ways of treating substantially the same situa tion cannot prevail in one administra tion ; and if the treasury rascalities are net te be exposed it may be reasonably concluded that no great harm will come te the posteffice thieves, who arc quite as influential as Mr. Sherman, if he is a senator. If we de net hear of a stepper being put en the posteffice prosecutions, we wilt leek te see the treasury abuses uncorked : hut we rather think we won't. Lorely Ib Otsego. And new it is proposed te put the pole cat upon the list of preserved game. Whoever would have thought that this interesting creature "had a use for man outside his hide V Yet a very excellent one has been found for him in New Yerk. We fear the enthusiasm which induced a legislator of that state te claim the unanimous passage of a bill forbid ding the destruction of the skunk, was a little tee exalted ; his discovery of the beneficence of this despised animal te the hlunun race is somewhat tee sudden te be at once accepted. Like the comet, it is a thing upon which judgement may advantageously lie suspended for a while. It apiH'ars that the hop-growers of Otsego county think they have discovered that the skunk destroys the large grub which destroys their vines ; they say he comes out at night and consumes these insects by millions. A visiting skunk is worth te the farmer, he de clares, fifty dollars a season, and under that conviction he is in a fever of excite ment ever the possibility of skunk ex tinction. If our Lancaster county farm ers could find an animal that would de stroy the tobacco grubs and worms they would love the creature with an adora tion of idolatry that would find a pleas ant perfuine in his odor, though he should lie a polecat. There is nothing like the pocket te control the senses. But if the Otsego farmers love the polecat se, they hardly need a legislative enactment te protect him. The hop interest will suffice te put a skunk in every bole in the county and te spread the enchanting creature ever the whole country around. We wonder, anyway, whether every animal has net its use and whether we would net be better off if we saved them all. It is hard te sec the particular use of a mesquite, but after finding one for a skunk we de net despair of any ether creature. m sn m Governer Heyt shows te best ad vantage in his vetoes. It is supposed te be hard for a public official te say " no " te his political iriends,and our governor, considering the manner of his election, is entitled te all the mere praise for the disapproval of se many of the ill-jointed measures of a Legislature se largely con trolled by his party friends. It is par ticularly fortunate that the Legis lature is adjourned and cannot pass the vetoed bills ever his disapproval of them. Like his veto of the judiciary apportionment, his message en the batch of measures killed yester day, are based en geed law and common When our esteemed fellow-citizen sense Abraham Peters, was se unexpectedly' te himself chosen te the legislature, he ceunselled "with his neighbor, the late Mr. Buchanan, as te the discharge of his duties. He was advised by that expe rienced statesman te vote " no" in all doubtful cases. It is a pretty geed guide for a governor. Tery Well Dhc have i, for a ieng while ; which is net, it is true, saying anything very extravagant in praise of his mental strength in view of the fact that his pre decessors were Geary and Hartranft miserable legacies of the war and its froth of brainless soldiers. Gov. Heyt has been showing a creditable degree of independence lately, and a disposition te fellow his sound convictions. His vetoes, se far as we have observed them, have been well founded. It is really surprising hew many foolish acts get through the legislature; and knowing hew little legislation is really beneficial, it is almost safe te applaud a veto without reading, it The govern or and his attorney general have been at issue with the legislature en general principles, and se have the people. The shameless attempt of the legislators te grab a sa)ary they never decently earned has excited general disgust ; and the at terney general could net have said any thing mere in sympathy with public feeling than te denounce the contempti ble conduct of men who undertake te make laws te enhance public morality and decency, while exhibiting themselves :i3 grasping unlimited railroad passes, postage stamps, stationery and dollars for their miserable serviced. Any kick at that legislature or veto of its bills the people will blindly approve. MINOR TOPICS. Whes Gov. Heyt puts his feet down the weight of v-tecs is manifest. The receipts from internal revenue yes terday were $394,GGG.41, and from customs, $721,843.80. Secretary of the Navy Hunt has new all his sons in office in one department or ether. The Italian press asserts that France is auxieus te pick a quarrel with Italy, and counsels patience, se that Italy may cheese her own time for war. Mr. Themas Adelphcs Tnoi.Lern has been writing au article te preve that Guide's se-called " Cenci Portrait " has no connection with the unhappy Beatrice. The Natien will hereafter be issued as the weekly edition of the New Yerk Even ing Pest, retaining its name and having the same editorial management as hereto fore, but its contents will in the main have already appeared in the 2st. The total amount of 5 p9r cent, coupon bends received for continuance at 3 per cent, te date, including the amount pre sented at the Londen agency, is $94,500, 000, leaving but $24,500,000 yet te be heard from before July 1. The president says: " The st itcment that I am net in full accord with James and MacVeagh in regard te the stir route investigation is absurdly false. The ru mors about my asking MacVeagh te resign are simply nonsense." Mr. Depew must step down and out. Fer example, the Pout seems te voice the prevailing sentiment when it says : " It is useless te disguise the fact that the pro ceedings here mentioned have seriously affected his candidacy. He can scarcely afford te persist in burtheaing his political associates or his party with the responsi respensi bilty and odium which arc inseparable net only from such practices actually proven but even from the presumption of them which an indictment found by a grand jury implies." Encouraged by the performance of an impertinent postal agent in the Carniichael case, a postmaster in Alabama has refused te forward a postal card because it was written in cipher and he " couldn't read it " although the somewhat remarkable postal law under which he claims te act also forbids postmasters examining mail matter from such motives of idle curiosity. If it keeps ou, people who use postal cards Mill have te write in cipher altogether, te prevent their own and correspondents' busi ucss from becoming the business of the postal authorities. PERSONAL. Gen. Caxat.es, of the Mexican army, is dead. Edwin Beeth, with his sick and suffer ing wife, has returned from, Europe. Secretary Kirkwood declines te state what action is contemplated in the case of Commissioner French. William H. Lew, proprietor of Lew's opera house, at Providence, It. I., died suddenly last evening. At the commencement of Amherst (Mass.) college degrees of LL. D. were cjnferred en Hen. Wayne MacVeagh and Geu. Francis A. Walker. J. S. Kutan and wife are making pre parations for their departure for Europe, en a pleasure trip, where they expect te remain about a year. They will take with them Quay's two sons. The commencement exercises of Muh lenberg college attracted many strangers te Allentown. Rev. William K. Frick. of Philadelphia, yesterday addressed the alumni, and last evening Hen. It. E. Wright delivered the auuual address te the literary societies. At the Wiltshire sessions the Marquis of Townshend was fined 500 and costs and bound ever te keep the peace for twelve months for horse whipping Lord Edward Thymic Colonel Nepeau and Mr. Francis Ellis, who abetted the assault were fined 100 each. Lord Thynne had abducted the Marquis of Townshend's wife. Matrimonial Insaranre. Mcttrs. Editert of the Intelligencer. Allew me te say a word in regard te the paragraph in yesterday's paper headed, " When Courts Disagree." If our court required any precedent for their action in granting a charter te provide pecuniary aid te parties "contracting and eutering into the marriage state," they had such precedent iu the action of a judge or court of much mere weighty authority, then the j juJge named. The court presided ever by LANCASTER DAILY 1NTKLUGENCER THURSDAY, JUNE 30; 1881 the experienced and learned Judge Pear son, lately granted just such a charter. But the constitution and act of 29th of April, 1879, clearly authorize charters of the kind condemned in said article. It is manifest ) that such corporations maybe productive of much geed, if honestly conducted. As multitudes have experienced and knew hew important and productive of domestic comfort and happiness it is te have a few hundred dollars when commencing house keeping. And why the writer of the said article or a iudee should compare a char. tcr te aid parties when commencing mar ried life with the se called speculative .life insurance plans, must be unaccount able te every reasonable mind. Wc think, the opinion of the Prest te the con trary, that there is abundant warrant in the constitution and the Jaws for the action in the premises of the Lancaster county and the Dauphin county courts. Attorney. NOV HER OWJi CHILD. Haw a Wealthy Brewer' Wife was De ceived. A surprising revelation has been made in St. Leuis, in connection with the litiga tion ever the estate of Jeseph Uhrig, a wealthy brewer who died in 1875, leaving a fortune worth ever half a million dollars, which included Uhrig's cave, a famous re sort for beer drinkers, of which class St. Leuis in its German population nas many thousands. Jeseph Uhrig left his property te his widow and two putative children, August Uhrig and Mrs. Jesephine Lade man. Thn former ran through most of his property and died in 1879. His widow, Jesephine Uhrig, set up a claim last week te the whole of the estate, averring that she was the sole heir. In the hearing of this application it was developed that August Uhrig was net the wealthv brewer's son. but that when he was a dav and a half old he was substituted for a child just born te Mr. Jeseph Uhrig, and that the deception was practiced te bring back te reason the brewer's wife, who had become delirious, and was unconscious of the death of her child at its birth. While Mrs. Uhrig was still delirious, although conscious enough te miss her child, Jeseph Uhrig, accom panied by his sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Klaussmann, aud the Kev. Father Fisher, went te St. Vincent's orphan asylum, where they found a boy child a day and a half old, just the age of the oue thatdied. Ou the representation of Father Fisher the child was surrendered te Mr. Uhrig, en his premiso te adept it and treat it iu every respect as his own. Ne inquiries were made as te the parents of the child, and Mrs.. Uhrig's name was net given at the asylum, full confi dence being felt by all parties in Father Fichcr's judgment and representations. Ne deed of adoption was ever made, but the child was takcu te Mr. Uhrig's house and passed off as the one that had died. Many years later Mrs. Uhrig was made acquainted with these facts, and she de clined te hear any particulars, and would never talk about it. The child grew up as the son of Jeseph Uhrig , and. he was se characterized in the will of Mr. Uluig. Mrs. Jesephine Uhrig admits that she knew her husband was net really Mr. Uhrig's son, for, being his cousin, she held out agaiust marrying him until she was told that he was net a bleed relative. She always believed, however, that August was legally an adopted child. The Tornado' Track. In the Rockingham counties, Va., there has been six inches of hail, lying en the ground for twenty-four hours aud a tor nado overturned houses in its track, de stroying whole fields of wheat aud corn, tearing up gardens, root and branch, and fences for miles. A large amount of valuable timber was destroyed. A woman and two children made a narrow escape from their house, it being carried off a few moments after they left, one child be ing badly injured. Twe successive heavy storms of rain and wind passed ever a portion of Franklin county from the west between 11 and 1 o'clock yesterday. Trees were uprooted, fences damaged, and considerable corn' and wheat iniured. The southern extension of Hevscr's naner mills, just at the north western edge of Chambersburg, was blown flat te the ground. The structure destroy ed was three steri3s high, 13j feet long and nearly 50 feet wide. It has net been occupied recently for manufacturing pur poses, but a number of workmen had left it only a short time before the dis aster. Carrie MUh. aged 9 years, a daughter of Jeremiah Mish. living four miles west of Chambersburg, was struck by lightning and seriously injured. Her fathers' house in which she was wash ing dishes at the time, was struck in the rear and in front, the electricity passing down the sneuting, melting it in the rear of the building. At Lewiston a baggage truck: was car ried about fifty yards and dashed te pieces by a storm. In some sections of Indiana and as far as Elkhart, along the Hue of the Lake Shere railroad, the less by storm is believed te be extensive. The conductor en a Lake Shere train brought a rumor that a large bearding house in Elkhart was blown down with a great less of life, but he knew nothing definite. It is reported that the Episcopal church in Austin, just outside Chicago, en the Northwestern railroad, was blown down. A severe storm swept ever Pittsburgh yesterday. On Gazzam s hill, eh the side of which are located some fifty shauties. the family of Jehn Parker, colored, had scarcely left their house when it came dewu with-a crash, destroying its contents. Mrs. Parker had a large piece tern out of her arm by a fragment of hying timber, and three of her children were severely bruised. A horse and wagon were raised from the ground en Soho street aud dashed agaiust a stone wall, the driver (Matt Byerly) being seriously iniured. A portion of Hussey, Howe & Ce.'s mill was unroofed. At Beaver Falls the bridge works, steell works and were damaged. novelty shops STATE ITEMS. Mr. Geerge W. Childs will give his aunual dinner te the newsboys of Phila delphia at Belmont Mansion at neon en the Fourth of July. Themas iiliricu, aged be years, was struck by a passenger train en the track of the Lehigh aud Susquehanna railroad near Allentown, sustaining injuries from the effects of which he died. James Murrow, of Philadelphia, a well known citizen and past grand master of Masens of Pennsylvania, died yesterday of a mahgnaut form of cholera, which in its development, lasting scarcely eight hours, betrayed all the symptoms of the most contagious and fatal type of Asiatic cholera. Dr. DaCesta says the symptoms were these et cueiera tneugn he never knew an isolated case of that maladv. A Broken Cistern. A reservoir en Price's Hill, in the ex treme western part of Cinciunati. burst at eleven o'clock last night, and the water ran with such force as te move the whole structure, which is of iron, about two hun dred feet from its position. It was an iron tank, forty feet high, with a diameter of one hundred feet. It was full except ei?ht feet, and had net yet been used. Several neuses in the vicinity were washed from their foundations, and ether serious dam a-ie was done, roughly estimated at $150,- pie net thickly inhabited, and there was 000. ertunatery, tue water escapeu in a no less of life. VETOES. Get. Heyt Pata Hi Feet Down. The governor's veto message en the bill conferring en husbands, wives and fathers the right of possession of the bodies of their deceased husbands, wives and children was filed yesterday and it is of a very interesting character. It is as fol fel lows : Executive Department, Office of the Governer, June 28, 1881. I hereby file in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth senate bill 274 entitled, "An act conferring neon husbands; wives and fathers the right of possession of the bodies of their deceased husbands, wives and children," with my objections thereto. The act provides generally (section 1) that the surviving husband, wife or father o&eno family shall have possesien, custody or control of the body or bodies of the de ceased members of the family who have been or may be hereafter interred te re move them te ether places of burial, aud specially (section 2 and 3) authorizes a surviving husband, wife or father te de mand of the officers of burial places the body of a deceased wife, husband or child, and in case of refusal of a permit of re moval bv said officers te recover possession of the body by writ of replevin or manda mus ; but no such right is given te the mother in any part of this bill ; and finally its previsions are te apply te cities of the the first class only. The previsions of the act are vague re tro active conflicting and local. By the first section the possession of the body or bodies of deceased members of "one family" is given te certain surviving mem bers, but the bill docs net specify the order in which two surviving members shall take or held. Taken in connection with the second section, even when the term one family" is restricted te the mere limited sense, which any interpretation of the sections will admit of this radical de fect would be productive of numerous conflicting claims. The ambiguities and difficulties therein arising are in marked contrast with the rational principles ei tne present wen set tled and public policy. "Se universalis the right of sepulture that the common law casts the duty of providing it and of conveying te the grave the dead body de cently covered, upon the person under whose reef the death takes place. Sup plementary te the rule of the common law te secure te every person a decent burial, our courts have decided : " That the right te bury a corpse and preserve its remains, iu the absence of auy testamentary dispo sition, belongs exclusively te next of kin,' " and " that the duty of the admin istrator or executer terminates with the burial of the deceased in .a manner suita ble te his estate." (Wynkoop vs. Wyn Wyn Wyn koep, C Wright 293.) Isee no necessity, either of policy or sentiment, for disturb ing these principles. It is rarely that auy disputes have arisen uniicr mem, aim sun mere rarely that the courts have been asked te interfere. The decorously con ducted case above referred te is the only one et the kind, se Tar as 1 am aware, in the reports of Pennsylvania. The means provided te enforce the pur poses of the act are open te grave objec ebjec objec jectiens. In the official proceedings of a writ of replevin it is net unreasonable te anticipate unavoidable circumstances alike shocking te enr respect for the dead and detrimental te public propriety. Ner is the alternative of mandamhs much mere acceptable. And both remedies rcmove snch controversies out of the courts of equity, te which they properly belong, in which they can be most decently tried. It is scarcely necessary te point out the obvious objection te the last proviso. It the principles of the bill are proper or nec essary,, they should be givcu general op eration. The classification of the cities of the commonwealth for municipal legisla tion appropriate te each class, is probably necessary and justified by the constitution but for the purposes intended iu this bill, no reason can be urged te justify such classification. It is repugnant te our traditions aud feelings te acknowledge the right of prop erty in man, even though he he dead, and the law has, therefore, carefully and judi ciously avoided the recognition of auy of the slightest surroundings of a corpse, ex cept such as is invariably Incident te mere possession, for the purpose of decent sep ulture, and its prevention by the next of kin. But the rights of the dead are suf ficiently protected, the duty of the living sufficiently defined, and no controversies of any moment have disturbed its greatest and reverent performance. Instead of in viting such unseemly contests the policy of the law has been te strengthen, if pos sible, the universal encouragement and abhorrence with which they have been met. After the last duties have been paid by the patriarch, the next of kin or by so ciety, the dead are no longer of this world, and their mortal remains should be per mitted te mingle with the dust, undis turbed by the passions, and, as far as may be, the interests of posterity. Henry M. Heyt. Mere Vetoes, The following bills were also vetoed by the governor : Te repeal an act relating te the appoint ment of sealers of weights aud measures ; te repeal au act authorizing clerks of mar kets te weigh butter ; for the collection of uupaid taxes in cities or the fourth class ; te enlarge the jurisdiction of the court of common pleas in certain cases ; supple ment te au act for the division of counties; providing fdr and regulating the removal of proceedings from orphans' court of the county divided te the orphans' court of the county erected; rcgu lating the election of prothenotaries, clerks of the several courts, registers of wills and recorders of deeds iu counties entitled te be constructed into separate judicial districts, where one person is new elected te fill all of said offices ; te provide for the payment of laborers at regular in tervals ; relative te the adoption of a city cedo in cities of the third class ; for tlfe protection of dairymen and te prevent de ception in sales of butter and cheese ; pro viding for fixing the compensation for bearding piiseners in jaiis, where there is a special law providing for the same ; te regulate the holding of and te prevent frauds iu the primary elections of the Dem ocrats iu Westmoreland county. In the bill relating te the Western pen itentiary and making an appropriation thereto, the item' of $9,530 Ter discount en the state warrant is net approved, ou the ground that there is no authority in the constitution for borrowing money en ac count of the state either by the state treasurer or auy state agency without the authority of law, but express prohibition. On Representative Welsh's bill te provide for the payment of laborers at regular intervals the governor has written a veto of considerable length. He says that under it every empleycr,in case of refusal or neglect te pay as specified, would be liable te a penalty in addition te the wages due "of five per centum of such amount for every day such employer shall refuse or neglect." Ne mischief exists nor has any occasion yet arisen requiring an enactment like this, which undertakes te regulate in such detail the daily affairs of our life. Iu vetoing the bill te repeal the act authorizing clerks of markets te weigh butter, etc., the governor says it would be against public policy te repeal the old act, which has been in existence one hundred aud six years. The only appropriation bill en which no official action has been taken is that appropriating $10,000 'te the Milten school district, which will prob ably be vetoed. Cornelius A. Wheeler, colored, is in jail at Eiizabethtewn, Essex county, N. Y., for a criminal assault upon a eirl of 0 years. LATS8T KKW8 BY MAIL. The Democrats ia the New Yerk Legis lature beat the stalwarts in a game of baseball, played for a charity cause. The Republican state convention of Iowa, met at Des Moines yesterday and nominated Mr Sherman for governor. There were cemmeuccnicac exercises yesterday at Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Lafayette, Bates, Celby andether col leges. A New Yerk yacht, with a pleasure party of seven, mostly from Benjamin's silk store, capsized near Bridgeport and five were drowned. Andrew, the 11-year-old son of Engineer Hugh Kirkwood, of the Erie railway, re siding at Pert Jervis, N. Y., was drowned while bathing. Stephen Kelly, employed by the gas company at Newb-urg, N. Y., was suffo cated by gas while cleaning out the naph tha tank." Daring a thunder storm the house of Mr.. Lewe, at Edmonton, Ont., was struck by lightning, and two brothers, sleeping together, were struck. One was instantly killed and the ether only slightly shocked. Near Brick Church, en the D. L. & W. railroad, Mary Cehn, a maid servant, and her escort Wm. H. Wilkinson, an express driver, in crossing the were struck and killed. A pelicemau found two young women bathing iu Central Park lake. They had selected a secluded spot for their bath,but when the policeman detected them they began screaming aud attracted a number of iersens. 31 rs. Nelly Shephard, of New Yerk, was out shopping, and when en Forty-second street, near Sixth avenue, she was seized by a man and choked, and her geld watch and chain snatched from her breast. The thief was caught. The passenger train en the Southwestern railroad, bound for Macen, was almost completely wrecked near Geneva, the en gine aloue remaining. It was caused by a broken rail. Among the seriously injured are J. O. Cook, of Columbus, Rev. Otis Gazebroek, of Macen, and three ether prominent citizens. During the terrible storm of yesterday morning a fire, supposed te have been caused by lightning, destroyed a row of the best business houses in the neighbor ing city of Alexandria, Me. The pcople were wild with excitement and sent te Keokuk for aid, which was dispatched te them in the form of an engine and a hose reel. The less will amount te $32,000. On Sunday the Alta chemical works, at Clark's Landing, Alameda county, Cal., blew up. Owing te the peculiar character of the powder the explosion made but lit lit tle noise. Professer Monnier. manager of the works, his son and Engineer Ander- son were il I badly burned, but no lives were lest. About 1,81)0 pounds or com pound went elf without a hiss or puff. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Want te Knew. Editors Intelligencer : I have read with great interest the valuable paper written by our distinguished townsman and nat uralist, Dr. S. S. Rathveu, upon the char acter and habits of the bat, printed in your issue of Tuesday evening. One point te which no allusion is made in the doctor's centributian, though mentioned by his correspondent, is as te the reason why people invariably seek te protect their heads upon the appearance of a bat at close range. The general belief is enter tained by people that if one or these night flying animals should happen te alight en the head of an unfortunate wight, it would be impossible te loosen its held upon the hair, and that it would be necessary te shave the scalp te get rid of it. Then there is another very prevalent impression that bats carry noxious vermin concealed under their wings, and that their malign habit upon invading the precincts of the tidy housewife is te deposit bed-bugs and things around the premises. I don't knew whether cither of these impressions is correct. Will some one please rise and explain ? Ignoramus. Business Change. Mr. Jehn II. Ilelmau, of the late firm of Ueuder & Helman, has sold his interest in said firm te Messrs. J. F. Bender, D. II. Potts and Geerge Weber, who will here after conduct the business under the firm name of Bender, Helman & Ce., and con tinue the manulacture of the Centennial fan blower, iron fencing, &c, at the old stand en Chestnut street. Mr. D. II. Potts, who has been se well known for the past eighteen years as a telegraph operator, and who has held his position under all the changes iu the pur chase, sale and consolidation of the tele graph lines, resigns his position and en gages iu his new business in the hope that out-deer exercise and fresh air may re store his somewhat impaired health. His many friends in this city and along the telegraph lines unite in wishing him re stored health and abundaut success iu bu siness. Mr. Potts will continue in charge of the telephone exchange. 'Lancaster Mtcnnerclier. At a meeting of the Laucaster Mamner Mamner cher, held last evening the following named efficers were elected for the ensu ing six months : President Henry Schmidt. Vice President Henry Rudy. Treasurer Henry Gcrhart. Secretary Geerge Pfeiffer. Vice Sec Rebert Wetter. Cor. Sec A. F. Oblender. Music Cem. F. Hoefel, Gee, Pfeiffer, if Rudy. Librarian Jac. Wolfer. Carrier of U. S. Flag Gee. Carrier of Society Banner- Berger. L. Knapp. Blight Vire. Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock a two-story frame shed, situated en North Water street, above Walnut, and belong ing te JJener Brethers, was set en fire by a spark from a locomotive en the Quarry ville railroad. The spark ledged in a shin gle reef and burnt a small hole in it. Had net the fire been discovered just when it was a serious conflagration would have re sulted, as the building was tilled with dry yellow pine lumber, and stands in close proximity te ether frame buildings and large piles of lumber. Sener's private fire brigade extinguished the flames, although the Washington and ether companies were promptly en the ground. Discharged. eavuia onenecK uctter Known as "Shorty" of Middle street was te have hada hearing before Alderman Dennelly of the Seventh ward last evening, en a charge of stealing $5 from Geerge II. Herniafais. The prosecutor is from Eiizabethtewn, and a few evenings age he was in company with Miss Sherlock at a house where she is a boarder. He claimed she took the money and swore te it. Last evening he failed te put in an appear ance at the hearing, and after the woman had been held for half an hour after the time she was discharged. Nexr anil Acress the County Lines. Jeshua Beyer, a tax collector in East Brunswick township, Schuylkill county, is $700 short, and the county commissioners have entered suit against him. He is a brother of one of the commissioners. On Tuesday Frank Weidcr, an employee of Henry Schwcnk, of Upper Hanover, Montgomery county, during the absence of his employer aud family, broke open a desk, stele from it $120 in geld and fled. THE HIGH SCHOOLS. THE COMMKNCKMKNT AT THK OMCKA HOUSE. A Gala lay Among tae FnpllsMrllllant Musical ana Literary exercises. The crowning event in the scholastic year of Lancaster's public schools took place in the opera house this morning, when the twenty-ninth annual commence ment of the boys' and girls' high schools was observed. As is customary en these occasions the hall was literally packed, above and below, by parents, brothers, sisters and loving friends of the gradu ates. The floraldecerations of the stage were very tasteful. There were large stands filled with cactus in the foreground. Upen a wire suspended directly across the front of the stage hnug au immense floral horse-shoe, and the inscription " Class of '81," in floral design, was conspicuous Heavy festoons of evergreen grace fully drooped from the centre of the arch te each side, .and baskets of flowers depended from the flies overhead. The effect of this beauti ful scene was heightened and enlivened by the great number of bouquets, baskets, horse-shoes and ethei emblems visible throughout the immense audience and in tended as gifts for the graduates. The graduating classes met at the high school buildins and shortly before 8 o'clock with their teachers at their head pro ceeded in a body te the opera house, the front portion of which bad been reserved for the pupils of the public schools. The exercises began promptly at. 8. As the cuitain rolled up"disclesiug the graduates seated iu semi-circular rows en the rear of the stage, Keffer's orchestra played a brilliant overture, "Enchant ment,"(Hermann). J.I. Hartman, esq., an nounced that in the absence of the honored president of the school beard en account of an accident he had been requested te preside ou this occasion. After which Rev. Dr. GreenWald offered a fitting and impressive invocation. The pupils of the girls' high school saug with fine effect the selection, " Lift Thine Eyes," from Men delssehn's "Elijah." The first essay was by Miss Minnie E. Raub. the subject of whose paper was, "Sunshine and Shadow." All of Ged's work, said the young lady, is filled with sunshine, feeling the genial influence of its ruddy light. The shadows that sweep across our youth are mere April showers, and if later en in life's journey rainy days grew darker and mere frequent, we may recollect that a kind previdence has pro vided also the grateful sunshine. The young lady filled her arduous position of first speaker en the pregramme with a high degree of credit, her essay being ex cellent throughout and her delivery uu embarrascd, yet withal modest. She was handsomely remembered in the way of flowers. Essay " Independence of Character " Miss Sallie E. McCormick. There is no mere sublime virtue than moral inde pendence ; it presupposes the highest self-respect and esteem, which can only rest upon real worth, for however much the individual may deceive ethers he cannot deceive himself. The young lady pointed ent the manner in which independence of character may be properly cultivated. This was a very well written composition, delivered in a manner distinguished for the deliberation and entire self-possession of the young essayist. Address "Duty of the Citizen" Christian L. Frantz. The study of the fundamental law under which we live was designated by the speaker as the basis of geed citizenship. Oar minds can only thus become imbued with a correct appre ciation of the liberty we enjoy. This ora tion was devoted in large measure te the prevalence of political corruption, against which the yeuug gentleman entered his vigorous pretest. A manly effort that de served the loud applause and abundant floral gifts that rewarded it. Address "Study of the Heavens." A. L. Witmcr. This was a glowing eulogy uoen the magnificence of the science of astronomy, its tendency toward the puri fying of the soul and exalting the moral and intellectual condition of the student. The address was thoroughly practical, aud the young speaker displayed a familiarity with his subject that was surprising. His delivery was free from embarrassment and he speke in a tone of voice that was au dible in the remotest corner of the crowded auditorium. Liberal and handsome floral offerings rewarded the young orator. Mr. Hartman's announcement at this point of the prelamine that the reading of the auuual report of the superintending committee would be dispensed with, was greeted with cordial applause. The docu ment will be read at the next meeting of the school beard. Messrs. Spindler, McClain, Erisman and Kelly sang " The Twe Reses" (Werner) in admirably style and were warmly ap plauded for the proficiency exhibited by them. Essay" Charity "Miss Alice Flera Eaby. Aud new abidcth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. "By charity," said the young lady, "is net meant the mere giving of alms, but the quality must be regarded in a broader scope, " and the essayist's 'prayer was that when the Recording Angel writes our names iu his book of life, it may lie like that of Abou Ben Ad hem, as one who loved his fellow-men. This was a charming composition embody ing many pure and refining thoughts and distinguished by the sinccnty of its ut terances. Applause loud and long and -many pretty flowers testified the audi ence's appreciation of this really creditable effort. Essay " Higher" Miss Lulu B. Leng. The natural impulse of the human spirit is te rise above present surroundings, and the fair essayist seemed te think it a most admirable trait, whether exhibited in the physical, mental or moral spheres. Her language was well chosen, and the mauy pretty thoughts with which the composi tion abounded were aptly expressed. Many very elegant floral offerings were laid at her feet. Address "Unchauging Nature " Jehn A. Hoever. The orator pointed out that whilst in the busy domain of human action change and improvement are continually going en, time cannot change the face of nature. A huudred years hence man will be the same in all respects as at present. A thoughtful production, well written and just as well delivered. The applause was generous and floral gifts plenty.- Address" The Quality of Grit." Win. G. Landes. The trait of character designated in the title of this paper was regarded bv the orator as the lever that has raised its possessors te the glace of success. The speakers analysis et tins quality indicated his correct apprehension of wliat constitutes the key of true great ness. The matter of this composition was admirably adapted te the manner el its delivery and evoked prolonged applause and manv fine flowers. Music " Gipsey's Bride, " from Bohe mian Girl bv the hiirh schools. This stirring chorus was rendered with great spirit and accuracy, and was loudly ap plauded. T?sav" Truth " Miss S. C. Ellmaker. Truth is the greatest of all virtues, and no man can be wholly virtuous unless tram be the mainspring geverningall his action. The essayist was severe in lier allusion te the lies that constitute se large a factor in the sphere of society, and her plea for absolute truth in all the waits life was earnest and effective. The young Lady's reading was marked by a self possessed modesty that gained and held the atten tion of the audience, and at the finish wen her a full supply of flowers and great ap plause. Essay "Grains of Geld" Miss Annie M.-Bitaer. There are scattered through life's pathway many grains of geld, fore most asMgg which is love. Kind words, kind action these are grains of geld that make enr lives glitter and glow with the brightest light. A fine composition, read in geed style and liberally rewarded' with applause and flowers. Address "Authers and Society" Clar ence H. Clark. The influence of litera ture en society was described as Most potent, and the young orator aptly pointed this fact by instances from the pages of history, with which he evinced aa ancom--men familiarity. He was loudly ap plauded as he retired, and was eeatpU mented with mauy handsome floral giftsl Address" Government " Wm. . H. Lindemntb. The divine origin of govern ment was declared by the speaker, sad its necessity found a warm ana competent champion in this young gentleman. Nihil ism and communism found no sympathy. Representative democracy is the best gev. eminent ever devised by man. A well prepared composition delivered in a style distinguished by its ease and grace. Flow ers and aeplause followed this effort. Music "Cradle Seng" (Taubert) by the graduates. This wonderfully sweet composition was exquisitely rendered, be ing in fact one of the musical gems of the pregramme. Essay "Self Reliance " Miss Alice E. Friily. The principle of self-reliance is one that has guided many a bark through the sea of life, and the es sayist, by appropriate illnstratien aad simile, carried her convictions right te the understanding of her hearers in a paper that was net less distinguished by the fluency and ease of its delivery than by its really fine composition. Friends in the audience signified their admiration by many bandsome floral gifts. Essay " Chivalry " Miss Frauccs Kauffman. The world's male chivalry has long perished, but women are knights errant te the hist. The young lady's eulogy of the female character was most fervid, and at the same time ia excellent taste. Many bouquets, baskets and ether floral designs rewarded her. Address "False Standards" Wm. M. Herr. This composition comprised a well -worded pretest agaiust the fatso concep tions entertained by. a large clement of society as te what constitutes true man hood and nobility. At the outset of their careers he sought te impress upon his com panions the danger of setting up false standards of life. The earnest manner of delivery enlisted the sympathy and atten tion of tbe audience and wen the young orator a round of applause and an abun dance of floral gifts. Address " Force of Character " Cbas. A. Miller. A geed uanie is rather te be chosen than great riches. The great, ob ject ei life should be the attainment of cuaractcr, tne vaiue ei wuicii te a young man's life cannot be fairly computed. A geed production, well delivered and liber ally rewarded with flowers and applause. Music "The Menruer" Beys high school. This composition was very finely rendered by the male voices. Essay " A Blade of Grass " Miss Minnie I. Brown. The humblest plant may teach man wisdom, and the growth et the simple blade of grass conveys te his apprehension, the forces of nature con stantly at work under the hand of the Master. Aud this teaches lessens that man should wear close te 'his heart. Among the many handsome floral gifts presented te this lady was a large saw, the the essayist being a member of a organi zation designed by the letters "S. A. W." Essay " Wayside Fountains " Miss Ella E. Dubbs. The highway of lire is dusty, the journey Ieng, but the grace of our heavenly Father has opened fountains by the wayside from which wemay obtain blessing and refreshment as the fountain from the rock followed and blessed the children of Israel in their pilgrimage. In this composition there was an abundance of poetic feeling and pretty thought, and at the fair essayist's conclusion she was rewarded with prolonged and well de served applause, and floral tributes rich and numerous were laid at her feet. Mr. Hartman announced that Miss Hallie E Albert, a graduate, who was ou tbe programme te read an essay en "The Fading Leaf, " bad been excused, owing te a sad bereavement in which she had the sympathy of her teachers and classmates. Address " Integrity ei Jrurpose " Heward T. Hays. The yeuug gentleman in language and with a vigor that permit ted no doubts et the sincerity or his utter ances, plead for such heucsty and integrity in the commercial, social and political transactions of men that when life has passed away, there may be truthfully raised above the grave of the dead the in scription, " Here lies an honest man. A finely written paper delivered in manly fashieu and psefusely rewarded with floral tekens. Address "Voices of Nature" L. W. Herting. The voice of nature is the voice of Ged, and the speaker called the attention of his auditors te the necessity of apply ing the closest attention te the many beautiful objects with which an all-wise Creater has surrounded us for the purpose of attesting His own greatness and good ness. Many handsome lieuqucts and ether floral tokens bespoke the kind favor of the audience. Music The Saw Mill (Gluck) by the high schools. A line chorus, by many competent judges regarded the very best musical performance cf the morning. Essay" What de They Read ?" Miss Emma Fick. Many books are productive only of harm, and the essayist urged the importance of keeping a strict guard ever the literature that is permitted te fall into the hands of young people. The reading of impure novels has proved the banc of many young lives, and parents should see that the books put into the hands of their children should instruct as well as amuse, and reading of the Bibie should early be inculcated. A sensible little paper, care fully written, attentively listened te and amply rewarded. Essay "The Influence of Habit" Miss May E. Sutten. Habit exercises an important influence upon the lives of all, and it should be the aim and effort of the young especially, te form correct princi ples and habits, in order te assure a suc cessful and honorable career. As the yeunsr lady retired she was saluted with loud applause and . presented with many rare and beautiful floral emblems. Essay "The Unkind Werd "Miss Lilly A. Rese. One of the most vicious habits is the utterance of unkind and thoughtless words, and it should be the purpose of our lives te avoid expressions calculated te wound the hearts of sensitive people. The young lady read with much feeling and her composition was graced with beautiful expression. She received very many and elegant flowers. Dialogue Tent scene from ' Julius Ciesar " Quarrel of Brulua and Cumius, with Bcnj. A. Spindler in the role of tertus aud W. S.Adlcr as C'atsiua. The dialogue, aside from being a pleasing inno vation anil a departure from the monotony of the pregramme, was rendered with no small degree of spirit and elocutionary effect. The applause was generous aad prolonged and the young gentlemen were net forgotten in the distribution of fle wars. Music Medley Mixtures (arranged by Keffer), Keffers's orchestra. Essav " Purity" Miss K. Frances Kreiden Purity of thought, of speech and of conduct found an earnest advocate iu this composition. It is delightful te con template the beautiful, the true and the geed, yet hew few are found worshiping at their shrine. A pure composition, im bued with actual sincerity and warmly applauded at its termination. The es sayist was the recipient of some bandsome flowers. Essay" The Importance of an Early Observance of Religious Duty" Miss
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